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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Montgomery County has done it for years without any major issues. It's generally pretty well organized, and they donate the venison to feed the needy.

https://montgomeryparks.org/caring-for-our-parks/wildlife/montgomery-parks-deer-population-management/

The DC area used to have wolves (hence areas with names like Wolf Trap) that organically kept the deer population in check, but we killed them all off. Without a natural predator (aside from the occasional coyote or ambitious fox) the deer population exploded. It's an ecological necessity to do population control in the absence of a natural predator. I'm in awe of the person who suggested we start putting out food for them; that would make it even worse.

It's more humane to have a couple organized hunts a year and donate the meat than it is to let them get constantly obliterated by cars while also throwing off the ecological balance of the region. [/quote]
We obviously should re-introduce wolves to Rock Creek Park[/quote]

The wolves would get killed pretty quickly by cars, eating garbage, etc. Man and wolves don’t mix well. They wouldn’t last long in our current urban environment. Coyotes are better adapted. [/quote]

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